Call for administration of UK leasehold property sales to be streamlined

The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry in the UK, has outlined a number of recommendations to end what it believes to be significant delays and overcharging taking place within the leasehold sector. A growing number of leasehold sales are taking place each year across all UK regions, up from 220,000 in 2011 to 260,000 in 2015, with 57% in Greater London and 40% in the North West. As a result the CA wants to see a streamlined process taking out the...